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Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Adams. Guests enjoy a picnic style meal while listening to the Foxfire Boys at the Picnic for a Purpose.

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Adams. Guests enjoy a picnic style meal while listening to the Foxfire Boys at the Picnic for a Purpose.

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Successful Picnic for a Purpose raises more than $40,000

News Staff
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
CLAYTON -- Place of Hope North Georgia’s first-time fundraiser, Picnic for a Purpose, was a sold-out success, raising more than $40,000 to support children and families in the Rabun County foster-care system.

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Clayton awarded $750,000 grant for water system improvements

Megan Horn
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
CLAYTON-- The City of Clayton was recently awarded $750,000 from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for water system improvements.  The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program supports community projects, creates jobs and assists low-to-moderate-income citizens.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Brian Irvin, left, presents renderings of what a short-term rental development planned for Tallulah Falls is expected to look like to zoning board members last Thursday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Brian Irvin, left, presents renderings of what a short-term rental development planned for Tallulah Falls is expected to look like to zoning board members last Thursday.

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Tallulah zoning board recommends denial of rezoning request

Megan Horn
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
TALLULAH FALLS— The Tallulah Falls Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously last Thursday at a special called meeting to recommend to the City Council denial of an application to rezone a Single Family Residential (R1) property to Business District (BD).
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Mark and Michelle Edwards tour the Old School Garden during its annual plant sale last Saturday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Mark and Michelle Edwards tour the Old School Garden during its annual plant sale last Saturday.

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Patrons get tour, find many items at Old School Garden plant sale

Megan Horn
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
CLAYTON-- The Old School Garden (OSG) held its fall plant sale last Saturday. The sale included perennial and native plants, hand-crafted scarecrows, pumpkins, tools and other garden items.